International Consultancy Roster - Proposal Writer

We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate like EEO, safeguarding, etc. Must preserve all substantive information. Let's parse the description. Key parts: - Description: The purpose of the consultancy roster is to establish a pool of potential consultants who may be considered for future consultancy opportunities with Mercy Corps. Inclusion on the roster does not guarantee selection, engagement, or any contractual obligation. - Background: Mercy Corps is a leading global organization ... (we can include as About the role? maybe "About the role" or "About Mercy Corps"? The instruction: use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content. - Purpose / Project Description: Given the high volume... The consultants will be called upon to support in the drafting of quality submissions for diverse funding opportunities across the region. - Consultant Objectives: The Consultant will provide strong technical design and writing inputs, as needed, for both humanitarian and development response proposals and strategy papers. The Consultant should be ready to work collaboratively with the team on the ground, and flexible to support work in the time zones that span the region. - Consultant Activities: Broadly, activities will take the form of strategic pre-positioning efforts for large, complex bids, as well as immediate writing and proposal management support for opportunities that are already under development. This could include: list bullet points. - Consultant Deliverables: Deliverables will be determined based on the specific proposal development needs as determined by the BD Team during the period of performance. Throughout the consultancy, the Consultant will: list bullet points. - Timeframe / Schedule: Open contract - with possible 3-6 month engagements - The Consultant will report to: Varies depending on the opportunity - The Consultant will work closely with: list. - Consultant Required Experience and Skills: 5+ years of experience and proven track record in successful program design, development, and implementation for various donors; experience with development as well as humanitarian proposal writing Exceptional written and interpersonal communication skills Applicants with strong technical expertise in the following fields are also encouraged to apply: climate adaptation, food security, market system developments, social cohesion, gender Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines BA/S or equivalent required; Master’s degree in international development or a related field preferred Native-level spoken and written English - Team Engagement and Effectiveness: paragraph about team culture (maybe can be omitted as boilerplate? It's not EEO but still generic. Might be considered boilerplate? It's about team values. Might be considered not substantive? It's generic but could be considered part of "About the role"? Might be safe to include as part of About the role? But instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Team Engagement and Effectiveness is not exactly EEO but still generic fluff. Might be considered boilerplate? Not sure. Safer to omit. - Equal Employment Opportunity and Safeguarding & Ethics: definitely boilerplate, remove. Thus we need sections: About the role (maybe combine background and purpose), Responsibilities (activities), Requirements (experience and skills), Qualifications (education, language), Skills (maybe technical expertise fields), Benefits? Not mentioned. Pay? Not mentioned. Schedule? We have Timeframe / Schedule: Open contract - with possible 3-6 month engagements. That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section. We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So only include sections with real content. Thus sections: - About the role: include purpose/background and purpose/project description maybe. - Responsibilities: Consultant Activities bullet list. - Requirements: Consultant Required Experience and Skills (experience, communication, ability to work under deadlines). - Qualifications: BA/S or equivalent required; Master’s degree preferred; Native-level spoken and written English. - Skills: technical expertise fields encouraged: climate adaptation, food security, market system developments, social cohesion, gender. - Schedule: Timeframe / Schedule: Open contract - with possible 3-6 month engagements. We might also include "Reporting" or "Work closely with" but not in allowed headings. Could fold into Responsibilities or About the role? Probably not needed. We must not repeat job title. No extra. We must preserve all substantive information: ensure we didn't lose any. Let's extract bullet points. Consultant Activities bullet list: - Providing technical input into proposal design for development bids focused on areas aligned with Mercy Corps’ global strategy - Drafting context and technical approach sections for these proposals - Drafting context or needs assessment sections of humanitarian response programs, including proposals focused on WASH, shelter, multi-purpose cash assistance, and protection - Serving as a “consolidating” writer for either development or humanitarian response proposals to ensure the document flows clearly and coherently - Writing strategic papers or concepts in alignment with country or regional strategy priorities, as requested by the Deputy Regional Director - Serving as Team Lead or Proposal Manager for strategic bids. Consultant Deliverables bullet list (throughout the consultancy, the Consultant will): - Draft and submit on time high quality writing for assigned proposal sections, as needed - Provide on time detailed reviews and strong edits to submissions to ensure coherence and logical flow - Actively participate in design workshops to help teams develop and refine strong technical approaches, as needed These could be considered responsibilities as well. Might combine with Activities. But we have both Activities and Deliverables; they are similar. Could merge into Responsibilities. We need to preserve all substantive info, so we should include both sets maybe under Responsibilities. Thus Responsibilities

with all bullet points from Activities and Deliverables. Now Requirements: "5+ years of experience and proven track record in successful program design, development, and implementation for various donors; experience with development as well as humanitarian proposal writing Exceptional written and interpersonal communication skills Applicants with strong technical expertise in the following fields are also encouraged to apply: climate adaptation, food security, market system developments, social cohesion, gender Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines" Note that technical expertise fields also appear; but we might treat them as Skills. Thus Requirements: years experience, proposal writing experience, communication skills, ability to work under tight deadlines. Qualifications: BA/S or equivalent required; Master’s degree in international development or a related field preferred; Native-level spoken and written English. Skills: technical expertise fields: climate adaptation, food security, market system developments, social cohesion, gender. Schedule: Open contract - with possible 3-6 month engagements. Now About the role: combine background and purpose/project description. Background paragraph: "Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within." Purpose / Project Description: "Given the high volume of new business opportunities in the pipeline, Mercy Corps’ Business Development team is looking to develop a roster of experienced international development professionals with a track record of strong program design and deep proposal development and writing experience with a variety of donors (including, but not limited to the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the EU, AFD, private donors, etc...). The consultants will be called upon to support in the drafting of quality submissions for diverse funding opportunities across the region." Also initial description: "The purpose of the consultancy roster is to establish a pool of potential consultants who may be considered for future consultancy opportunities with Mercy Corps. Inclusion on the roster does not guarantee selection, engagement, or any contractual obligation." We can combine. Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Team Engagement and Effectiveness", EEO, Safeguarding. Now produce HTML fragment with headings

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  Check that we didn't miss any substantive info: The consultancy roster purpose, background, purpose/project description, consultant objectives (we haven't included explicitly; but objectives are similar to responsibilities? Could include in About the role or Responsibilities. The objectives: "The Consultant will provide strong technical design and writing inputs, as needed, for both humanitarian and development response proposals and strategy papers. The Consultant should be ready to work collaboratively with the team on the ground, and flexible to support work in the time zones that span the region." This is substantive; we should include somewhere. Could add to Responsibilities as bullet or to About the role. Let's add to Responsibilities as bullet. Also Consultant Deliverables we included. Also "The Consultant will report to: Varies depending on the opportunity" and "The Consultant will work closely with: Country Directors/Deputy Country Directors/Country Technical Teams involved in the proposal writing process; Global Business Development team members, as needed; HQ technical team members, as needed". This is substantive; we could include in Responsibilities or About the role. Probably add to Responsibilities as bullet. Thus Responsibilities will be long list. Let's compile bullets: From Activities: - Providing technical input into proposal design for development bids focused on areas aligned with Mercy Corps’ global strategy - Drafting context and technical approach sections for these proposals - Drafting context or needs assessment sections of humanitarian response programs, including proposals focused on WASH, shelter, multi-purpose cash assistance, and protection - Serving as a “consolidating” writer for either development or humanitarian response proposals to ensure the document flows clearly and coherently - Writing strategic papers or concepts in alignment with country or regional strategy priorities, as requested by the Deputy Regional Director - Serving as Team Lead or Proposal Manager for strategic bids. From Deliverables: - Draft and submit on time high quality writing for assigned proposal sections, as needed - Provide on time detailed reviews and strong edits to submissions to ensure coherence and logical flow - Actively participate in design workshops to help teams develop and refine strong technical approaches, as needed From Objectives: - Provide strong technical design and writing inputs, as needed, for both humanitarian and development response proposals and strategy papers - Work collaboratively with the team on the ground - Be flexible to support work in the time zones that span the region From Reporting/Work closely: - Report to varying leads depending on the opportunity - Work closely with Country Directors/Deputy Country Directors/Country Technical Teams involved in the proposal writing process - Work closely with Global Business Development team members, as needed - Work closely with HQ technical team members, as needed We could combine some similar bullets but keep all. Now Requirements bullets: - 5+ years of experience and proven track record in successful program design, development, and implementation for various donors - Experience with development as well as humanitarian proposal writing - Exceptional written and interpersonal communication skills - Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines Qualifications bullets: - BA/S or equivalent required - Master’s degree in international development or a related field preferred - Native-level spoken and written English Skills bullets: - Climate adaptation - Food security - Market system developments - Social cohesion - Gender Now About the role paragraph(s). We'll combine into maybe two paragraphs. Let's craft:

  The purpose of the consultancy roster is to establish a pool of potential consultants who may be considered for future consultancy opportunities with Mercy Corps. Inclusion on the roster does not guarantee